Thursday Remake
So I decided that today is my Purple Rain/Raspberry Beret dress, because of the fab color palette.
BEFORE
Two of my fave shades together, in a paisley print, however the waist is off, wrists of the sleeves worn out, and length is just not quite right.
Big ol’ wrists!
I really like this piece and am going to Prince-ify it even more, you know by rocking it out like it’s 1999. OK, sorry for all the Prince references. Off to dress tweaking!
I began with a little shortening. I cut off about five inches…
Short, short, short!
…and then went to work on the sleeves! I kept the sleeves shape intact and decided to just work on the elastic at the wrists. I undid a seam, and checked out the elastic inside (which wasn’t worn out – just too long) and pulled out about two and a half inches and pinned it in place to stitch and ultimately shorten.
Remove that seam!
I worked on the body of the piece next. There was just a little too much torso room and the waist needed to be cinched a bit, so I pinned the area that needed to be taken in…
Body pinning!
…and got to work!! The body got sewed…
Stitch down!!
…and so did that elastic!
Elastic stitchin!
I stitched back up the seam at the wrist that I opened earlier to totally complete the dress!
AFTER
It’s not back to normal Southern California temperatures yet, (I’m not going to lie – I was a bit chilly shooting these) but it’s getting there!! I paired my dress with a vintage black elastic belt, a pair of DKNY tights (a total Marshalls find), heeled brogues (I got these puppies from Delia’s a few years ago – yep, somehow those catalogues plague my mail and I ALWAYS get sucked in), and a vintage purple sweater!
Layers!
The sleeves are tightened, hurray!!
Sleeves are tweaked!!
It’s an easy wintery look, because of the dark purple and the dark tights…
Sunnies & sweater combo
…but will totally work in spring, going sans tights and wearing sandals. Perhaps we’ll take this a bit shorter too when it really starts warming up!
Mwah!
Happy Thursday, friends!!
